CHRIS DERCON
Free Public LectureTate Modern, London, is the most visited museum in the world, and, according to Dercon, 'an art movement by itself‘. He arrived at the Museum in 2011, as the power station’s former oil tanks were being transformed into large spaces dedicated to live art. The extraordinary Tate Tanks have added a dramatic new element to the Museum’s highly regarded programming and advanced a new era in its development.
Prior to this appointment, Dercon, who is also an art historian and documentary filmmaker, had leading roles in the dynamic development and direction of other major international cultural institutions: P.S.1 in New York, The Witte de With Centre for Contemporary Art and the Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen in Rotterdam, as well as Haus der Kunst in Munich.
In this public lecture, the second in Kaldor Public Art Projects’ International Lecture Series, Chris Dercon discusses his approach to the physical and social evolution of the 21st-century museum and reflects on the recent resurgence of performance art and its display within the Tate Tanks.
Lecture is free, however seating is limited. Doors open at 2.45pm
When
SATURDAY 13 JULY 2013
3.00PM
Where
DOMAIN THEATRE, ART GALLERY OF NEW SOUTH WALES
Admission
Free
See Also
International Lecture Series
Nicholas Baume will discuss his recent projects at the Public Art Fund and the growth of public art projects internationally, with Kaldor Public Art Projects as a prime example in Australia.
Sat 23 July 2011, 11.00am at Art Gallery of NSW, Sydney
International Lecture Series
Jessica Morgan, Daskalopoulos Curator of International Art, Tate Modern, discusses the context for Tino Sehgal's work and its relation to the museum or institution.
Sat 22 February 2014, 2.00pm at Art Gallery of NSW, Sydney
KEYNOTE PRESENTATION
Join us at Pier 2/3 as we launch Kaldor Public Art Project 27: 13 Rooms for a special keynote presentation by the curators Hans Ulrich Obrist and Klaus Biesenbach.
Thu 11 April 2013, 6.00-7.00pm at Pier 2/3, Walsh Bay
Kaldor Public Art Projects is offering a unique internship opportunity within the Education and Public Programs department in our 50th anniversary year. Interested candidates from all disciplines, ages and abilities are welcome to apply.
When Christo and Jeanne-Claude wrapped 2.5 kilometres of Sydney’s coastline
with one million square feet of fabric, not only was it the largest artwork at that time in the world, but it was the first time an international artist
had create a major public artwork in Australia.